and, in fact -- a politician like bill clinton says president obama doesn't talk a lot about himself and his personal life and his experiences as a kid growing up. i thought it was kind of comp compelli compelling. i think that may be the point, that on this issue, the issue of gun control and the issue of what has happened in cities like chicago, just a mile from the president's house, that terrible murder of that -- the girl who had come and performed at his inauguration, this is a politically smart thing to do and it's a personally interesting moment. >> yeah, absolutely. i was actually looking up some stats that i got from one of my writers. in chicago, four people were shot in 90 minutes just after president obama finished his speech and all together, six people were shot in the city from yesterday morning to early this morning, talking about the speech was a state of the union. talk about the problems in chicago alone. but bottom line, everyone says the most that may be able to get done is, according to the latest quinnipiac university poll, moesz americans think universal back